Antiseptic telephone-mouthpiece attachment.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

G. W. MERRITT. ANTISBPTIG TELEPHONE MOUTHPIEUB ATTACHMENT.

-- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 1905.

GEORGE -WASHINGTON MERRITT,

OF SAN FRANCISCQ CALIFORNIA.

' ANTISEPTIC TELEPHONE-MOUTHPIECE ATTACHMENT- To L tZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON I MERRITT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city and in the-county of San Francisco and State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvementsin Antiseptic Tele hone-MouthpieceAttachments,ofwhich the ollowing is a specification.

'My invention' relates to ,an antiseptic mouth-shield for telephone-mouthpieces.

. Its object is to provide a simple, cheap,

handy,individual mouth-protective germ-de stroying device which can be carriedin the vest-pocket, which will always be ready for use, and which can time on any telephone.

The invention comprehends,essentially, a

- perforated diaphragm-plate of suitable mate- -ti0n on line as as of Fig. 2.

' cation of same.

Ibe of celluloid, able substance.

rial adapted to be easily attachedto and detached from the telephone-mouthpiece and when not in use to be inclosed in a suitable pocket-case impregnated with a suitable aI1 tiseptic fluid which will destroy all the germs thatmay have been deposited on the plate and which will leave the plate perfectly sanitary for thenext time. Having reference to the accom anyin drawings, Figure 1 shows the mout shield placed over a telephone-mouthpiece Fig. .2 is a front view of the shield. Fig. 3 is; asec:

- Fig. 4 is a modifi- Fig. 5 is of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an outside-view of the case. Fig. 7'is'a section on line 0 0 of Fig. -6.

A represents and material. Preferably it is round soas just to fit over the end of amouthpiece 2 and toenable it to be easily carried in the pocket. Preferably it is also inflexible, or moderately so, in order to be sufficiently strong and may wood, rubber, or other suit- This plate is perforated and is thin enough so asnot to prevent or seriously interfere with the ready passage through of sound-waves. Preferably it is in the-form of a thindiskwrtha'surrounding peri heral reiniorcing rim a and is provided wit suit.- able means for its'a'ttachment to the mouthpiece.

I As here shown, the plate has two periph: eral segmental flanges 3 of less than half a diameter and approximately concentric with the outer flared end of the mouthpiece 2 and grooved on their under sides and ada ted each to be loosely hooked over the rim of the mouthpiece. leaving the plate hanging across Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Mar ch as,1905. Serial No. 262.462.

be used anywhere at'any a section on line 'y y a plate of suitable shape, size,

Patented May 29,1906. I

I and in close contact with the end of the mouthpiece.

The two 'roovedflanges are d sposed one on either si e of the plane oi the p ate, so as venience of the operator.

When not in actual use over the end of the mouthpiece, the device is adapted to'be inserted into a suitable pocket-case 4, hav1ng an absorbent lining 5, which may be lrnpreg- 1 As here-shown, the case Ads made with flexible or springy to the plate portion A and constituting a narrow'podket open at,-one side for the insertion of saidplate portion, the edges of the case contigu the grooved under sides of the anges 3; When the attachment is in its case, the perimeters of the case and of the eXr osed part of the attachment are practically continuous, and the entire device and case occu y no Watch.

- stance, is used in the manufacture of the case and which material possesses little inherent elasticity, I may employ a spring 6 in each v wall of the case on either side of the mouthof the opening and between the leather and lining or otherwise, so that'the mouth of-the opening willnormally close and retain'ethe stren th of the disinfectant substance undiminis ed when the device is in use.

All attachment of this character and de-' scription will receive and retain suflicient of the disinfectant when in the caseto destroy all germ life that maybe deposited I in use. It affords an indivldual pocket-piece which is always clean, alwa s ready for use, and which can be attache to any mouthpiece.

- As the plate or shield A must have means for antisepticizing it, the case obviously becomes an essential part of the invention.

It is possible that various modifications in my'invention may be made withoutdeparting from the'principle thereof, and I do not -wish'to be understood as limiting myself to the specific construction as herein shown and more room in ones pocket than an or inary to render the device reversible for the connated with an agreeably-scented disinfectant.

sides conformable in shape I I us to the opemng'abuttin against onitwhen I described. For instance, n Figs i-and 5 I I IIO material, 'as celluloid il -gfree to spring in nor- 4 Inally over the plate for the purpose of provldlng clamps to grip the sides of the mouthpiecejwhen the device is hooked in position ready for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and. desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An antiseptic telephone-mouthpiece attachment comprising a perforated inflexible plate, having means to detachabl secure it over the end of a mouthpiece an a pocketcase having an antisepticiz'ed lining for the attachment.

2. The combination with a perforated plate havingmeans to attachit to a telephonemouthpiece of anantisepticized case for the plate.

3. The combination with an antisepticized case, of an inflexible plate adapted to fit said case and having means for detachably and reversibly hanging it over the end of a telephone-mouthpiece.

4. The combination ofa case having an antisegticized lining, and an inflexible, perforate plate havin a peripheral reinforcln rim and means for etachably and reversibfir securing said plate over the end of a telephone-mouthplece.

'- 5. The combination of a case having an antisepticized lining, a perforated diaphragm' having a reinforcing-run said rim projecting 7 right and left of the plate and having its inner surface circumferentiall grooved to enable the plate to be-hooke over the rim of the telephone-mouthpiece.

I 6. A telephone-mouthpiece attachment, comprising a thin diaphra m having a reinforcing-rim and peripherzfi flanges on said rim on opposite sides of the plane of the dia phragm, said flanges being grooved on their under side to permit the attachment to be loosely hung over the end of the mouthpiece.

GEORGE WASHINGTON MERRITT.

Witnesses: S. H. NOURSE,

JESSIE. O. BRODIE. 

